artwork by Rick Daddario, 19 Planets
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midnight hunger —
the moon
pared slightly away
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(bottle rockets 25)
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night
(harvest moon)
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harvest moon –
wishing for it to fall
butter side up
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Haiku Bandit Society, September Moon Viewing Party
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(night rain)
(crescent moon)
(grandmother moon)
altered photograph by Rick Daddario, 19 Planets
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grandmother moon
I can’t help wishing for
a gold tooth like hers
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(Haiku Bandit Society, June 2011 Moon Viewing Party)
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full moon
one plate missing
from the setting
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(Haiku Bandit Society, July 2011 Moon Viewing Party)
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Hey…do you like writing moon haiku? Like reading moon haiku? (If you say no to either of those questions, you have to turn in your official Haiku Poet Badge, so think carefully before you answer.)
If so, you should really consider joining the party over at Haiku Bandit Society every month. It starts a few days before the full moon. Anyone can contribute a poem about the moon for those few days. Willie posts them all on the blog, and they are a blast to read. Then his dog Dottie picks out the three she likes the best and gives them the Dottie Dot Awards.
This is another one of my favorite things that people do with their blogs. I wish even more people would participate because I love moon haiku so much and there really are an endless variety of twists on them. I bet you’ve got something great up your sleeve. Think about it.
Summer Moon (Yotsumono)
(owl’s wing)
(a small shadow)
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firefly
a small shadow
on the star chart.
.— Notes from the Gean 3:1, June 2011
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.Addendum, 6/21/11:
I was thrilled when the following French translation of this haiku appeared on my Facebook page, courtesy of the marvelous Vincent Hoarau:
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luciole
une petite ombre
sur la carte des étoiles.
Merci beaucoup, Vincent!
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things to wake up for
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full moon
her water breaks
silently
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April 2011 Moon Viewing Party, Haiku Bandit Society
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(I woke up for what I thought was no reason last night and then realized that I must have been wakened by the full moon, which seemed to be taking up most of my window. It reminded me of one night in September 1994 when I also woke for what seemed like no reason, except that when I stood up my water broke and fourteen hours later my son was born. So that was a good reason to wake up.)
April 28 (White Night)
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white night
car doors slamming
everywhere
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Doors
Moving on:
NaHaiWriMo prompt for April 29th (in honor of Arbor Day):
Trees
See this post for an explanation of what this is.
See the NaHaiWriMo website.
See the NaHaiWriMo Facebook page, and contribute haiku there if you want. (It doesn’t have to have anything to do with this prompt. It’s just a suggestion.)
April 27 (Evening Star)
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evening star
the blacksmith shows me
how to judge the heat
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: Fire
Moving on:
NaHaiWriMo prompt for April 28th:
Doors
See this post for an explanation of what this is.
See the NaHaiWriMo website.
See the NaHaiWriMo Facebook page, and contribute haiku there if you want. (It doesn’t have to have anything to do with this prompt. It’s just a suggestion.)
April 26 (Alternating Current)
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alternating current
the river
and the moon
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(Daily Haiku, 4/17/2011)
April 21 (Spring Moon)
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spring moon —
at the foot of our bed
the cat shuts half an eye
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(NaHaiWriMo prompt: Eyes)
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Moving on: NaHaiWriMo prompt for April 22nd, in honor of Earth Day:
Dirt, soil
See this post for an explanation of what this is.
See the NaHaiWriMo website.
See the NaHaiWriMo Facebook page, and contribute haiku there if you want. (It doesn’t have to have anything to do with this prompt. It’s just a suggestion.)
April 14 (Spilled Moon)
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the heat —
spilled moon poaching
in the river
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(NaHaiWriMo topic: Rivers and streams)
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Moving on: NaHaiWriMo prompt for April 14th:
Boxes and other containers
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See this post for an explanation of what this is.
See the NaHaiWriMo website.
See the NaHaiWriMo Facebook page, and contribute haiku there if you want. (It doesn’t have to have anything to do with this prompt. It’s just a suggestion.)
April 12 (Lullaby)
lullaby
drowning out the voice
of the owl
(NaHaiWriMo topic: Sleep)
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Moving on: NaHaiWriMo prompt for April 13th
Chemical elements (from the periodic table)
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See this post for an explanation of what this is.
See the NaHaiWriMo website.
See the NaHaiWriMo Facebook page, and contribute haiku there if you want. (It doesn’t have to have anything to do with this prompt. It’s just a suggestion.)
April 8 (My rich neighbor)
my rich neighbor —
late at night
he slowly
peels
an orange
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(a handful of stones, 3/30/2011; pay attention: a river of stones, 2011)
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February 10 (Halfway to Dawn)
halfway to dawn —
I finally realize
I can’t go back
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Shiki Kukai, January 2011
February 1: The Cold (sequence)
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the cold
our shadows
shiver
a field
of wind and deer
the cold
the cold
moonlight
and snowlight
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First published in LYNX, XXVI:1, February 2011
January 30 (Orion)
Orion
more than his fair share
of the sky
January 8: More moon
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these lights in the tunnel and then the moon
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I tried not to notice but under the moon
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this one will never be back the moon
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how hard it is to grow the moon
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alone something in common with the moon
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the way you always looked at me and the moon
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your face in my mind half a moon
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waiting to feel complete the moon
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Can’t. Stop. Writing. About. The. Moon.
Somebody hide it from me, quick.
Red Dragonfly 